18 July

'21 years in captivity
_ Shoes too small to fit his feet
_ His body abused, but his mind is still free
_ You're so blind that you cannot see'

July 18, 2009
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Happy birthday Nelson Mandela, born today in 1918 in Mvezo, a district of Umtata, the Transkei capital.

I dream of the realisation of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.

As a US-friendly no-deal Brexit inches closer, Bonnie Castillo of National Nurses United explains why US nurses have joined the fight against NHS privatisation. Recommended reading ahead of The World Transformed health sessions

In the 1970s, Lucas Aerospace workers had a plan to make socially useful products and went to minister for industry Tony Benn for help. Do the workers occupying their shipyard in Belfast have a similar ally in John McDonnell? By Hilary Wainwright